Barney Oliver

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.

In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.